NIGERIA DURING THE IMPERIALISM by Juan https://padlet.com/JuanMerino/8oebtt0hi43h Juan Merino Rodríguez 4ºD en-us 2017-02-23 20:41:03 UTC 2024-11-04 01:59:11 UTC hello@padlet.com When? JuanMerino https://padlet.com/JuanMerino/8oebtt0hi43h/wish/155901247 Britain's influence in the Niger area increased gradually over the 19th century, but Britain did not effectively occupy the area until 1885. ]]> 2017-02-23 20:45:02 UTC https://padlet.com/JuanMerino/8oebtt0hi43h/wish/155901247 It was a colony? JuanMerino https://padlet.com/JuanMerino/8oebtt0hi43h/wish/155906676 Nigeria was a British colony, they control many territories in Africa.]]> 2017-02-23 21:09:56 UTC https://padlet.com/JuanMerino/8oebtt0hi43h/wish/155906676 In which way did Britain aquired Nigeria? JuanMerino https://padlet.com/JuanMerino/8oebtt0hi43h/wish/155907115 Some local rulers agreed to sign treaties of protection with Britain and to accept British residents in Nigeria, others opposed the foreign intervention and rebelled against it. herefore, Britain used military force to put the rebels down.]]> 2017-02-23 21:11:57 UTC https://padlet.com/JuanMerino/8oebtt0hi43h/wish/155907115 How was Nigeria controled? JuanMerino https://padlet.com/JuanMerino/8oebtt0hi43h/wish/155907489 The British established a protectorate, which means that the territory has its own government but under the control of an outside power. ]]> 2017-02-23 21:14:05 UTC https://padlet.com/JuanMerino/8oebtt0hi43h/wish/155907489 Why? JuanMerino https://padlet.com/JuanMerino/8oebtt0hi43h/wish/156053675 They took all of their valuable resources such as oil and ivory. This was one of the main reasons to colonize Nigeria, for taking its raw materials.]]> 2017-02-24 15:44:09 UTC https://padlet.com/JuanMerino/8oebtt0hi43h/wish/156053675 How was Nigeria take over? JuanMerino https://padlet.com/JuanMerino/8oebtt0hi43h/wish/156054282 The British took over Nigeria also by building trade posts and selling manufactured goods as well as enslaving the inhabitants and selling them to other Imperialist countries.]]> 2017-02-24 15:45:33 UTC https://padlet.com/JuanMerino/8oebtt0hi43h/wish/156054282 How were they treated? JuanMerino https://padlet.com/JuanMerino/8oebtt0hi43h/wish/156060871 -Nigerians had to mine for minerals which were sent to the mother country. 
-Also Nigeria had to pay taxes in order to pay for government. 
-British did not care about the people of the colonized country.
]]> 2017-02-24 16:04:51 UTC https://padlet.com/JuanMerino/8oebtt0hi43h/wish/156060871 Peaceful takeover? No. JuanMerino https://padlet.com/JuanMerino/8oebtt0hi43h/wish/156074416 They killed hundreds of innocent people in order to control the country for its own benefits, the resources such as oil, minerals, ivory, etc.]]> 2017-02-24 16:41:54 UTC https://padlet.com/JuanMerino/8oebtt0hi43h/wish/156074416 Independence. JuanMerino https://padlet.com/JuanMerino/8oebtt0hi43h/wish/156080647 It gained independence on October 1st, 1960 through constitutions that were legislated by the British government. The new Constitution established a federal government system with an elected Prime Minister and a ceremonial head of staff.]]> 2017-02-24 17:00:52 UTC https://padlet.com/JuanMerino/8oebtt0hi43h/wish/156080647 Elections. JuanMerino https://padlet.com/JuanMerino/8oebtt0hi43h/wish/156091271 With independence looming in 1959, an election was held to elect a leader; however, no party won a majority.]]> 2017-02-24 17:34:20 UTC https://padlet.com/JuanMerino/8oebtt0hi43h/wish/156091271 Which party began to govern? JuanMerino https://padlet.com/JuanMerino/8oebtt0hi43h/wish/156091614 The National Population Commission of Nigeria (NPC) combined with the National Council of Nigeria and the Cameroons (NCNC) to form a government suitable for its citizens. ]]> 2017-02-24 17:35:28 UTC https://padlet.com/JuanMerino/8oebtt0hi43h/wish/156091614 Who was its pesident? JuanMerino https://padlet.com/JuanMerino/8oebtt0hi43h/wish/156091820 They elected Abubakar Tafawa Balewa of the NPC as prime minister and Azikiwe of the NCNC as governor-general. 
When Nigeria was made a republic in 1963, Azikiwe was made its president.]]> 2017-02-24 17:36:08 UTC https://padlet.com/JuanMerino/8oebtt0hi43h/wish/156091820 Effects of imperialism on Nigeria. JuanMerino https://padlet.com/JuanMerino/8oebtt0hi43h/wish/156094674 -Rivalries between ethnic groups because as they reorganized the territory in order to have benefit from it they divided tribes or joined them together. 
-New social classes which put the British in the upper class and the natives in the lower one were created. ]]> 2017-02-24 17:45:13 UTC https://padlet.com/JuanMerino/8oebtt0hi43h/wish/156094674 Effects of imperialism on Nigeria. JuanMerino https://padlet.com/JuanMerino/8oebtt0hi43h/wish/156095456 -Nigeria lost most of their natural resources and they also had changed their language to English. 
-They even were forced to be Christians or Catholic because of the British.]]> 2017-02-24 17:47:34 UTC https://padlet.com/JuanMerino/8oebtt0hi43h/wish/156095456 Good effects of the imperialism on Nigeria. JuanMerino https://padlet.com/JuanMerino/8oebtt0hi43h/wish/156096566 The main benefit that the colonies obtain was in education and healthcare, they learned to read write so the literacy rate increased and the advances in medicine that were carried out in the parent country could be introduced in the colonies.

]]> 2017-02-24 17:50:43 UTC https://padlet.com/JuanMerino/8oebtt0hi43h/wish/156096566 Nigeria nowadays. JuanMerino https://padlet.com/JuanMerino/8oebtt0hi43h/wish/156100228 -Nigeria is a federal republic. 
-The president presides as both head of state and head of the federal government. The leader is elected by popular vote to a maximum of two 4-year terms.
-In the March 28, 2015 presidential election, General Muhammadu Buhari emerged victorious to become the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.]]> 2017-02-24 18:02:16 UTC https://padlet.com/JuanMerino/8oebtt0hi43h/wish/156100228 Only president? JuanMerino https://padlet.com/JuanMerino/8oebtt0hi43h/wish/156101199 -The president's power is checked by a Senate and a House of Representatives, which are combined in a bicameral body called the National Assembly. 
-The Senate is a 109-seat body with three members from each state and one from the capital region of Abuja. Members are elected by popular vote to four-year terms.
-The House contains 360 seats, with the number of seats per state is determined by population.]]> 2017-02-24 18:05:30 UTC https://padlet.com/JuanMerino/8oebtt0hi43h/wish/156101199